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(No Mae.) D. C. RIPLEY.

GLASS GASTER. No. 289,027. -lazfellmau Nov. 27, 883.

UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

DANIEL C. RIPLEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASS CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,027, dated November 27, 1883.

Application led October 6, 1883.

useful Improvement in Glass Casters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure lis a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved glass caster. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, partly in section on the line :u .c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on y y, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of other forms of the caster.

Like letters of reference indicate like part Wherever they occur.

Heretofore glass casters have been made either With the bottle-receptacles projecting independently of each other from a iiat plate or disk which was mounted on a suitable stem or stand, or the stand itself was of dish shape, having its interior divided into bottle-recep tacles by integral parti-tionsniitending across the same. Both ot' these forms are open to objection. The iirst form requires an independent stand t-o support it, and the bottlereceptaoles, as well as the disk or plate which supports them, are extremely liable to break, being not only comparatively thin, but also totally unsupported and unprotected on the under side and outer edge. The second form, While having none of the objections urged to the first, is provided with partit-ions, which must be made very thick and heavy, to prevent-their being broken by hasty and careless replacing of the caster-bottles therein, to which they are exposed when in use. This increases the weight'and cost extremely and detracts from the beauty, and consequently salable qualities, of the article. It necessitates the use of a split plunger, which is more expensive and difficult to make and keep in repair'than a plain one.

My invention is designed to obviate these various objections, and to give a simpler,

, cheaper, and generallybetter caster than the former ones mentioned.

Referring new to Figs. 1 and 2, the casterstand a, which is made by pressing by means (No model.)

of a suitable mold and plunger, is in form like a ,shallow dish, the Width of its interior cavity or receptacle, a', and the shape o f its sides being such as to receive and supporta given number of bottles b. In the present instance 5 5 there are three bottles, which are normally adapted or shaped to lit into the receptacle or interior a and against each other, and to be supported by the sides a? and by each other.

The bottles b are interchangeable, and any one 6o may be put into the receptacle a at either end or the middle, and when the other bottles are inserted will, in the absence of partitions, iind its proper relative place. Thus the caster is fitted for easy and careless use, and not liable 6 5 to be damaged by the breaking of partitions. The sides and bottom are made of sufficient thickness to support and protect the bottles from being broken. The bottom of the stand constitutes the base of the article, unless it is 7o preferred to provide it with a foot; but I prefer it as shown, because there is then no danger of its being upset. I-Iandleflanges c are formed at the ends or sides.

In Fig. 4 I show a square caster for containing four bottles, and in Fig. 5 one shaped like a cross for containing five bottles, both having the characteristic features of my invention.

In addition to the advantages named, the 8o saving of the glass required to form the partitions enables me to reduce the cost of my improved caster, and thus bring it within the reach of persons of very limited means.

What I claim as my invention, and desire 85 to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

The combination of a dish-shapcd casterstand, having a common receptacle for a given number of caster-bottles, with caster-bottles adapted to fit into said receptacle and against 9o each other, and to be supported by the sides of the stand and by each other, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DNIE-L C. RIPLEY).

Witnesses z W. l?. POTTER, S. HARVEY THoMrsoN. 

